Matthew 10:17-42
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Beware of men, for r they will deliver you over to courts and flog you s in their synagogues,
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r and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, t to bear witness before them and the Gentiles.
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r When u they deliver you over, v do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for w what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.
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x For it is not you who speak, but y the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
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z Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,
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a and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. b But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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When they c persecute you in one town, d flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel e before the Son of Man comes.
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f "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
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It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. g If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.
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"So have no fear of them, i for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
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What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on j the housetops.
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And k do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him l who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
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Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
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But m even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
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Fear not, therefore; n you are of more value than many sparrows.
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o So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,
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but p whoever denies me before men, q I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
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r "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. s I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
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r For I have come t to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
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u And a person's enemies will be those of his own household.
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v Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
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And w whoever does not take his cross and x follow me is not worthy of me.
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y Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
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z "Whoever receives you receives me, and a whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
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b The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.
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And c whoever gives one of d these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward."
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Mark 13:9
But be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them.
Mark 13:11
And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
Luke 12:11 - 12
And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say.
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Matthew 23:34
Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
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Matthew 10:17
Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues.
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Matthew 8:4
And Jesus said to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.
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Matthew 10:17
Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues.
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Matthew 10:19 - 22
When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.
Mark 13:11 - 13
And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
Luke 21:12 - 19
But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.
2 Timothy 4:16 - 17
At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them!
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Matthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
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Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
Numbers 23:5
And the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.
Exodus 4:12
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.
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Luke 12:12
For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very...
Acts 4:8
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said t...
Acts 6:10
But they could not withstand the wisdom and the...
Acts 13:9
But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with...
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his...
2 Corinthians 13:3
Since you seek proof that Christ is speaking in...
Matthew 10:40
Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever r...
1 Thessalonians 2:13
And we also thank God constantly for this, that...
Hebrews 1:1
Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God s...
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John 15:26
But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
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Matthew 10:35 - 36
For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
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Matthew 24:9
Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
John 15:18 - 21
If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
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Matthew 24:13
But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Mark 13:13
And you will be hated by all for my name's sake...
Daniel 12:12 - 13
Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,33...
James 5:11
Behold, we consider those blessed who remained ...
Revelation 2:10
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behol...
Hebrews 3:6
But Christ is faithful over God's house as a so...
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Matthew 23:34
Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
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Matthew 12:15
Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And ...
Acts 8:1
And Saul approved of his execution. And there a...
Acts 9:25
But his disciples took him by night and let him...
Acts 9:30
And when the brothers learned this, they brough...
Acts 14:6
They learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe...
Acts 17:10
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas aw...
Acts 17:14
Then the brothers immediately sent Paul off on ...
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Matthew 16:28
Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.
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Luke 6:40
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
John 13:16
Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
John 15:20
Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
Hebrews 12:3
Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.
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Matthew 9:34
But the Pharisees said, "He casts out demons by the prince of demons.
Matthew 12:24
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.
Mark 3:22
And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.
Luke 11:15
But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of demons.
John 7:20
The crowd answered, "You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?
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Mark 4:22
For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light.
Luke 8:17
For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.
1 Timothy 5:25
So also good works are conspicuous, and even those that are not cannot remain hidden.
Matthew 10:26 - 33
So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
Luke 12:2 - 9
Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
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Matthew 10:26 - 33
So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
Luke 12:2 - 9
Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
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Luke 5:19
But finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus.
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Isaiah 8:12 - 13
Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread.
Isaiah 51:12 - 13
I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass.
Jeremiah 1:8
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.
1 Peter 3:14
But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled.
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James 4:12
There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
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1 Samuel 14:45
Then the people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As the Lord lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day." So the people ransomed Jonathan, so that he did not die.
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Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Matthew 12:12
Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.
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Romans 10:9 - 10
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Hebrews 10:35
Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
Revelation 3:5
The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
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2 Timothy 2:12
If we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us.
2 Peter 2:1
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
1 John 2:23
No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.
Mark 8:38
For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
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Matthew 7:23
And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.
Matthew 25:12
But he answered, 'Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.
Luke 13:25
When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open to us,' then he will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.
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Luke 12:51 - 53
Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
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Revelation 6:4
And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
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Matthew 10:34 - 35
Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
Luke 12:51 - 53
Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
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Matthew 10:34
Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
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Matthew 10:21
Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
Micah 7:6
For the son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
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Micah 7:6
For the son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
Psalms 41:9
Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
Psalms 55:12 - 13
For it is not an enemy who taunts me - then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me - then I could hide from him.
John 13:18
I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, 'He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.
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Luke 14:26
If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
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Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Mark 8:34
And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Luke 9:23
And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
Luke 14:27
Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
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Matthew 9:9
As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
John 8:12
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
John 12:26
If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
John 21:19
(This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, "Follow me.
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Matthew 16:25
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Mark 8:35
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.
Luke 9:24
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
Luke 17:33
Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it.
John 12:25
Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
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Luke 10:16
"The one who hears you hears me, and the one wh...
John 13:20
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives th...
Galatians 4:14
And though my condition was a trial to you, you...
Matthew 10:20
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of ...
Matthew 18:5
Whoever receives one such child in my name rece...
Matthew 25:40
And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to...
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Mark 9:37
"Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me."
Luke 9:48
And said to them, "Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great.
John 12:44 - 45
And Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.
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1 Kings 17:10 - 15
So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, "Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
1 Kings 18:4
And when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.)
2 Kings 4:8
One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food.
3 John 1:5 - 8
Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are.
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Matthew 25:35
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.
Matthew 25:40
And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.
Mark 9:41
For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.
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Matthew 18:10
See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
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